LeeVantay D’Martinez Rankin, a 27-year-old African American man, was killed on March 15, 2021, in a triple shooting on Kings Ridge Drive in Charlotte, North Carolina. Rankin and 22-year-old Isiah Jeremiah Doctor-Muhammad were shot while sitting in a car; Rankin was taken to the hospital and later died, and Doctor-Muhammad died at the scene. A third man in the vehicle was shot and survived.

Authorities arrested Marteicus Taylor in connection with the incident. Charges reported included two counts of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, shooting into an occupied vehicle, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Problems with crime lab evidence and findings that an evidence technician tampered with evidence affected this and other cases; those issues led to a plea deal in this matter and caused distress for the victims’ families.

Does anyone have information about the events on Kings Ridge Drive that night or knew LeeVantay Rankin?